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Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar
Current age 27 years 0 days
Major teams India,Asia XI,Bihar,Chennai Super Kings,Jharkhand
Also known as Mahi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
29
47
5
1418
148
33.76
2250
63.02
1
9
177
26
68
14
ODIs
115
102
27
3600
183*
48.00
3905
92.18
4
22
283
90
118
35
T20Is
10
9
2
172
45
24.57
154
111.68
0
0
13
4
2
0
First-class
68
110
8
3481
148
34.12
4
22
172
30
List A
167
150
35
5488
183*
47.72
10
33
182
50
Twenty20
30
27
8
709
73*
37.31
530
133.77
0
3
61
27
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
29
1
6
13
0
-
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13.00
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0
0
0
ODIs
115
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-
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T20Is
10
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-
-
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-
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-
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First-class
68
36
33
0
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5.50
-
0
0
0
List A
167
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
30
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
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Career statistics
Test debut
India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Dec 2-6, 2005 scorecard
Last Test
India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Bangladesh v India at Chittagong (MAA), Dec 23, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
The spectacular arrival of Virender Sehwag was bound to inspire others to bat with the same mindset. But the odds of a clone emerging from the backwaters of Jharkhand, whose state side has consistently scraped the bottom, was highly remote. That was until Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived.
He can be swashbuckling with the bat and secure with the wicketkeeping
gloves. His neck-length hair adds to his dash. Though Dhoni made his
first-class debut in the 1999-2000 season, it was only in 2004 that he
became a serious contender for national selection with some stirring
performances when the occasion demanded. With his two centuries against Pakistan A, in the triangular tournament in Kenya, that he established himself as a clinical destroyer of bowling attacks.
In just his fifth one-dayer, against Pakistan at Vishakapatnam, he cracked a dazzling 148 - putting even Sehwag in the shade - and followed that up with a colossal 183 not
out at Jaipur against Sri Lanka in November, when he broke Adam Gilchrist's record for the highest score by a wicketkeeper in ODIs. He made an instant impact on the Test level too, pounding 148 at Faisalabad, in only his fifth Test.
He was elevated to the vice-captaincy of the one-day squad for the tour of England and Ireland in 2007 and, soon after, was appointed captain of the Twenty20 squad for the World Championship in South Africa. A heady title triumph marked him out as a leader for the future and was handed over the reins of the one-day side in September 2007 after Rahul Dravid decided to step down as captain. It didn't take too long for him to enhance his reputation, claiming India's first tri-series triumph in Australia.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan September 2007
